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Akissi #4-6
Akissi: More Tales of Mischief: Akissi Book 2
The plucky, troublemaking Akissi is back with her mischief on The Ivory Coast! This time, she has to keep herself from drowning, stand up to a bully, make peace with her arch nemesis--the prettiest girl in school, and evade a witch doctor's potion.
Inspired by her childhood on The Ivory Coast, writer Marguerite Abouet takes readers on even more hilarious adventure in Volume 2 . Lessons learned along the way include being friends with people you don't like, standing up for yourself, and dealing with the consequences of your actions.
The high spirited and mischievous Akissi returns for more "girls will be girls" adventures on the Ivory Coast in these previously untranslated stories.
Inspired by her childhood on The Ivory Coast, writer Marguerite Abouet takes readers on even more hilarious adventure in Volume 2 . Lessons learned along the way include being friends with people you don't like, standing up for yourself, and dealing with the consequences of your actions.
The high spirited and mischievous Akissi returns for more "girls will be girls" adventures on the Ivory Coast in these previously untranslated stories.
176 pages, Paperback
Published July 16, 2019
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Marguerite Abouet
46 books295 followersMarguerite Abouet was born in 1971 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in Western Africa. She grew up during a time of great prosperity in the Ivory Coast. At the age of twelve, she and her old brother went to stay with a great-uncle in Paris, where they further pursued their education. Years later, after becoming a novelist for young adults, Abouet was drawn to telling the story of the world she remembered from her youth. The result was the graphic novel Aya de Yopougon, published in North America as Aya, illustrated by Clemént Oubrerie, that recalls Abouet's Ivory Coast childhood in the 1970s, and tells the humorous, engaging stories of her friends and family as they navigate a happy and prosperous time in that country's history.
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February 27, 2022
Akissi, a little girl of the Ivory Coast, is such a fearless, mischievous scamp even Dennis the Menace would hide behind his mother's knees and say she's out of control. This time around she's dashing through traffic, doping the teacher who uses corporal punishment, handling two different types of feces, stealing crutches from a one-legged girl, and "borrowing" babies from the neighbors to use as living dolls.
Somehow she's just charming enough to pull it off and even get away with three fever dream fantasy sequences.
Somehow she's just charming enough to pull it off and even get away with three fever dream fantasy sequences.
November 8, 2019
This book was a great book but at the beginning it was sad but most of it was funny.And what happens when Akissi ALMOST DROWNED.But her mean teacher did not let her die but doesn’t even acknowledge that she’s dying so the rest of her classmates had make sure she was okay but she said she knew how to swim the students said to her but she said I do I have not eaten enough fish tongues and one classmate said try eating fish fins instead aha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha.I hope people read this book
December 10, 2019
Where has this clever, mischievous little girl been all my life?? She reminds me of the likes of Nancy and Little Lulu. Never too far from trouble, and never too far from a solution. I love the stories that adapt folktales to Akissi's world. I haven't read the first one yet, but am looking forward to it!
February 4, 2022
And today's translated pick is Akissi: More Tales of Mischief by Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin. This collection covers issues 4 - 6, originally published in French between 2013 and 2015. Translated by Marie Bedrune and published in English by Flying Eye Books in 2019.
Content notes for some gender and sexuality policing, childhood rivalry, mischief and mishap.
And today's Black Youtuber goes to Aishyo, a media reviewer I subscribed to just a few months ago I've really enjoyed their perspective on movies, anime, and video games. They've been working at this for at least 9 years now, and they have a lot of interesting thoughts to share.
Circling back to the title at hand, I know I've talked a lot about Abouet already - so as we do, I'll send you on to a fuller bio in my early reviews of Aya.
This is my first time reading a Mathieu Sapin illustrated comic though, so according to Europe Comics dot com "Born in 1974 in Dijon, Mathieu Sapin studied the decorative arts in Strasbourg, where he created Supermurgeman, one of his favorite characters, for a school magazine. An illustrator of children’s books and an author, he has written around forty books across all genres, and is a member of the National Society of Comics with Christophe Blain, Riad Sattouf, and Joann Sfar. On the advice of Lewis Trondheim, Sapin got into illustrated documentary."
Keywords that came to mind reading Akissi? Adventure, schooling, soccer, community, neighbourhoods, babies, favored child, and new kids.
Flipping over the book, the description reads "Akissi is back with more outrageous stories, there's never a dull moment when she's around! Akissi is the definition of a true adventurer, nothing can stop her - not even a magic potion that will give her nightmares! Join her as she starts a new year at school and tackles very scary teachers, an even scarier witch doctor and meets her nemesis in the classroom."
TLDR besides a few bumps I found this book extremely charming. I would say that despite dealing with some pretty serious topics, this book will likely come across as a bit childish for some older readers. Not a bad thing at all, just in contrast to something more all ages maybe. Despite having a different illustrator, this companion series felt like it fit perfectly in beside Aya. Sapin does a good job capturing both the magic and pettiness of childhood, and everything in between.
Obviously Abouet, myself and Akissi are coming from some very drastically different view points, making it a bit difficult to go much beyond the observation point when it came to representation. Which I am generally comfortable with, but wanted to flag and chew on a bit.
Kicking things off with sexuality and gender, as I often do; the bumps that might be a bit jarring for some of us came in chapter five, Yucky Day, where Akissi asks what makes a real girl and then tries to non consensually kiss another girl. Despite the largely biological answers given to the former question, the context of there being no seemingly trans people involved just a short bit about how girls can do anything (including play football) just not pee standing up; this seems more like ignorance rather then hate. But it could still have a jarring impact so I did want to bring it up. With the latter attempted/unwelcome apparently same sex kiss, I feel a bit more confident in saying this is just kids being childish because Abouet did include positive gay representation in her Aya series. Again, not to say that that discounts any impact it might have. But Akissi gets up to a lot of mischief and is obviously set up as a flawed and petty character to entertain but not to be emulated.
Hashtag media literacy.
Disability came up in a similar way. About halfway through the collection a new child joins Akissi's class and she immediately takes a strong dislike to her. I could certainly relate to that point, I hated my childhood BFF when I first met her with a passion. This classmate, Sido, also happens to be missing a leg and uses crutches to get around. Despite Akissi's immediate dislike, going so far as to steal Sido's crutches, the rest of the class immediately accept Sido as a friend and playmate and go to great lengths to get her crutches back. Sido shows great skill at ballet and eventually Akissi gets over herself and they also become friends. The final story includes all the kids coming together and getting a wooden leg made because they think it will help her.
Obviously I am not the final, or any kind of judge of this representation. Is Sido just a tool for character development? To be fair, she is developed as much as any of the none Akissi characters to my mind. Considering Sido seemed to be fairly happy the way she was, it seems unfortunate that the other kids stuck their noses into her business like that. The mobility aid representation seemed good; it's certainly a rare occurrence for my reviews. What do y'all think?
Class, while perhaps not directly discussed, the having and lacking of money does come up a bit with how Akissi always seem to be getting more money from her father then her siblings.
And while Abouet seems pretty clear about how growing up in an African country (either freshly independent from France or just about to be) inspired her to write both Aya and Akissi, race did not seem to be a focus of the book itself. Which is fair.
Overall I will go with rating this book four out of five stars. Really fun to read and really interesting to dig in a bit further. I think that if this book sounds the least bit interesting, after all my waffling, I would highly recommend you pick it up.
Content notes for some gender and sexuality policing, childhood rivalry, mischief and mishap.
And today's Black Youtuber goes to Aishyo, a media reviewer I subscribed to just a few months ago I've really enjoyed their perspective on movies, anime, and video games. They've been working at this for at least 9 years now, and they have a lot of interesting thoughts to share.
Circling back to the title at hand, I know I've talked a lot about Abouet already - so as we do, I'll send you on to a fuller bio in my early reviews of Aya.
This is my first time reading a Mathieu Sapin illustrated comic though, so according to Europe Comics dot com "Born in 1974 in Dijon, Mathieu Sapin studied the decorative arts in Strasbourg, where he created Supermurgeman, one of his favorite characters, for a school magazine. An illustrator of children’s books and an author, he has written around forty books across all genres, and is a member of the National Society of Comics with Christophe Blain, Riad Sattouf, and Joann Sfar. On the advice of Lewis Trondheim, Sapin got into illustrated documentary."
Keywords that came to mind reading Akissi? Adventure, schooling, soccer, community, neighbourhoods, babies, favored child, and new kids.
Flipping over the book, the description reads "Akissi is back with more outrageous stories, there's never a dull moment when she's around! Akissi is the definition of a true adventurer, nothing can stop her - not even a magic potion that will give her nightmares! Join her as she starts a new year at school and tackles very scary teachers, an even scarier witch doctor and meets her nemesis in the classroom."
TLDR besides a few bumps I found this book extremely charming. I would say that despite dealing with some pretty serious topics, this book will likely come across as a bit childish for some older readers. Not a bad thing at all, just in contrast to something more all ages maybe. Despite having a different illustrator, this companion series felt like it fit perfectly in beside Aya. Sapin does a good job capturing both the magic and pettiness of childhood, and everything in between.
Obviously Abouet, myself and Akissi are coming from some very drastically different view points, making it a bit difficult to go much beyond the observation point when it came to representation. Which I am generally comfortable with, but wanted to flag and chew on a bit.
Kicking things off with sexuality and gender, as I often do; the bumps that might be a bit jarring for some of us came in chapter five, Yucky Day, where Akissi asks what makes a real girl and then tries to non consensually kiss another girl. Despite the largely biological answers given to the former question, the context of there being no seemingly trans people involved just a short bit about how girls can do anything (including play football) just not pee standing up; this seems more like ignorance rather then hate. But it could still have a jarring impact so I did want to bring it up. With the latter attempted/unwelcome apparently same sex kiss, I feel a bit more confident in saying this is just kids being childish because Abouet did include positive gay representation in her Aya series. Again, not to say that that discounts any impact it might have. But Akissi gets up to a lot of mischief and is obviously set up as a flawed and petty character to entertain but not to be emulated.
Hashtag media literacy.
Disability came up in a similar way. About halfway through the collection a new child joins Akissi's class and she immediately takes a strong dislike to her. I could certainly relate to that point, I hated my childhood BFF when I first met her with a passion. This classmate, Sido, also happens to be missing a leg and uses crutches to get around. Despite Akissi's immediate dislike, going so far as to steal Sido's crutches, the rest of the class immediately accept Sido as a friend and playmate and go to great lengths to get her crutches back. Sido shows great skill at ballet and eventually Akissi gets over herself and they also become friends. The final story includes all the kids coming together and getting a wooden leg made because they think it will help her.
Obviously I am not the final, or any kind of judge of this representation. Is Sido just a tool for character development? To be fair, she is developed as much as any of the none Akissi characters to my mind. Considering Sido seemed to be fairly happy the way she was, it seems unfortunate that the other kids stuck their noses into her business like that. The mobility aid representation seemed good; it's certainly a rare occurrence for my reviews. What do y'all think?
Class, while perhaps not directly discussed, the having and lacking of money does come up a bit with how Akissi always seem to be getting more money from her father then her siblings.
And while Abouet seems pretty clear about how growing up in an African country (either freshly independent from France or just about to be) inspired her to write both Aya and Akissi, race did not seem to be a focus of the book itself. Which is fair.
Overall I will go with rating this book four out of five stars. Really fun to read and really interesting to dig in a bit further. I think that if this book sounds the least bit interesting, after all my waffling, I would highly recommend you pick it up.
December 31, 2022
Prigode male Akisi prav tako spadajo v kategorijo tistih risoromanov, ki sem jih po posameznih zgodbah brala dlje časa. To je že druga zbirka zgodbic navihanke junakinje iz Slonokoščene obale, ki je izšla pri @vigevageknjige_ , jaz pa sem se v tej knjigi z njo srečala prvič. Četudi je namenjena mlajšim bralcem, je podobno, kot Q-R-T ali Tik tole še eno delo, ki bo zabavalo tudi odrasle bralce.
Akisi je deklica iz revnejše afriške mestne četrti. Je res posebna deklica. Nabrita, pogumna in malce nagajiva. V mnogih lastnostih me spominja na prav tako stripovsko junakinjo - Hudo Ajdo. V tej zbirki zgodb se Akisi sreča z novim in neznansko hudobnim učiteljem, s fanti se prepira o razlikah med spoloma, sooči pa se tudi z ljubosumjem ob prihodu nove sošolke. Ker ji čisto vse vendarle ne gre po sreči, Akisi vmes zboli za malarijo, v vročičnih blodnjah, polnih nesmislov (ki so malce podobni Tikovi poti v gozd), pa se na tak ali drugačen način bori proti zlobnemu novemu učitelju. Pod vso borbenostjo in nagajivostjo pa se vendarle skriva dobro srce. Včasih se pač skrije precej dobro.
Všeč mi je, da se v otroški in mladinski literaturi končno pojavljajo tudi dekliški liki, ki odstopajo od ustaljenih idej o tem, kakšne bi deklice "morale" biti. Od Akisi, do Ajde in še marsikatere druge literarne junakinje, sodobna dekleta iz knjig dokazujejo, da lahko dekleta počnejo prav vse, kar si zamislijo. Ni treba, da so vedno one tiste, ki jih je potrebno reševati. Včasih je tista, ki prihiti na pomoč prav Akisi. Je tako močna, kot fantje? Najbrž ne. Je enako drzna? To pa morda še bolj.
Krasna knjižna junakinja za prihodnje generacije bralcev in bralk. Pa ne je preveč posnemat! 😂
Akisi je deklica iz revnejše afriške mestne četrti. Je res posebna deklica. Nabrita, pogumna in malce nagajiva. V mnogih lastnostih me spominja na prav tako stripovsko junakinjo - Hudo Ajdo. V tej zbirki zgodb se Akisi sreča z novim in neznansko hudobnim učiteljem, s fanti se prepira o razlikah med spoloma, sooči pa se tudi z ljubosumjem ob prihodu nove sošolke. Ker ji čisto vse vendarle ne gre po sreči, Akisi vmes zboli za malarijo, v vročičnih blodnjah, polnih nesmislov (ki so malce podobni Tikovi poti v gozd), pa se na tak ali drugačen način bori proti zlobnemu novemu učitelju. Pod vso borbenostjo in nagajivostjo pa se vendarle skriva dobro srce. Včasih se pač skrije precej dobro.
Všeč mi je, da se v otroški in mladinski literaturi končno pojavljajo tudi dekliški liki, ki odstopajo od ustaljenih idej o tem, kakšne bi deklice "morale" biti. Od Akisi, do Ajde in še marsikatere druge literarne junakinje, sodobna dekleta iz knjig dokazujejo, da lahko dekleta počnejo prav vse, kar si zamislijo. Ni treba, da so vedno one tiste, ki jih je potrebno reševati. Včasih je tista, ki prihiti na pomoč prav Akisi. Je tako močna, kot fantje? Najbrž ne. Je enako drzna? To pa morda še bolj.
Krasna knjižna junakinja za prihodnje generacije bralcev in bralk. Pa ne je preveč posnemat! 😂
July 19, 2021
I adore the Akissi stories so much. Initially, she was a vessel from which Abouet could tell the story of her memories growing up in the Ivory Coast. She set out to challenge and disrupt narrow concepts of Africa through Akissi's antics and daily life. But as the stories have grown, they have also explored friendship and community too. Ironically, in this collection, Abouet brings in some folklore; the very thing she wanted Africa-based children's books to try and move away from. Although she sets elements of them in Akissi's time period they didn't quite fit the collection for me. With that said, this is a joyful and oft hilarious Africa and Akissi is an unmissable delight.
December 30, 2020
Book two in the series: a little darker, with more depth and creative humor. Akissi is a more fully fleshed out character now, with sadness and anger, jealousy and loneliness. But always with humor and frenetic activity. I love her even more now.
August 9, 2019
More shocking adventures with Akissi! Like the previous book, this is a series of short adventures. The endings to these tend to surprise me! She goes to such extremes! I love her personality and determination. Also, the bit about the witch doctor giving Akissi a potion to help her mother get pregnant was very strange for me!! Is there a third of these books? Would definitely read more of her adventures.
November 20, 2020
Akissi and her friends are starting school again, but there's a new teacher who's mean and strict. Her mixed-up adventures leaves with crazy endings, in which she got into an incident, meets a witch doctor, joins with a team of heroic avengers, and helping her new disabled classmate. Abouet's childhood inspiration bought this titular character, and tells more of its comic stories in this amazing compilation.
March 17, 2022
70%
"only fools never change their minds"
* Akissi is usually silly and fairly well-intentioned, but in this book there were quite a few times that she was straight-up mean and malicious and she didn't learn from her mistakes (why'd she take another baby again?). even when she apologized it didn't really seem like she meant it, which took quite a bit away from the light-hearted, endearing feels Akissi usually inspires
"only fools never change their minds"
* Akissi is usually silly and fairly well-intentioned, but in this book there were quite a few times that she was straight-up mean and malicious and she didn't learn from her mistakes (why'd she take another baby again?). even when she apologized it didn't really seem like she meant it, which took quite a bit away from the light-hearted, endearing feels Akissi usually inspires
December 27, 2024
Very genuine, very funny, and featuring a delightfully flawed and realistic lead character, these are charming comics drawn from the author's own childhood experiences in Cote D'Ivoire. They read young with an occasional spike of something older (the representation of her teacher might be difficult for some more impressionable readers) and have a really nice accessibility about them. Lovely stuff.
August 1, 2019
A little tamer than the first round, but still full of irrepressible and hilarious kid adventures. Akissi really is the best, you know. Even with a new rival, Sido, the potential of a new baby in the house, and the usual challenges of being the brattiest little sister ever. Someone has to do it.
August 14, 2019
Loved the first book much better. Although Mr Adama, Akissi’s crabby teacher, had some hilarious parts. Loved what he wrote on the board the first day of school:
I work
You work
He works
You work
They work
I work
You work
He works
You work
They work
January 8, 2020
So, the first Akissi book I bought and put in my classroom disappeared. This one I loan to a specific student so I know it will return. smh.
I love these stories and plan to read the entire collection.
I love these stories and plan to read the entire collection.
May 20, 2021
Akissi returns with more tales of mischief, and witty fun. Along with her best friend Edmond and her pet monkey BouBou, Akissi deals with a teacher who doesn't like children, making new friends, and keeping everyone in her village on their toes with her antics. A fun read.
September 20, 2021
I haven’t read Vol 1 (yet) but I don’t think it matters. This is an utterly charming and adorable series, from searching for and finding the wild animal ‘healing poo’, to wondering is she’s a real girl, to Uglytown etc, I throughly enjoyed spending time with Akissi, and her friends and family
September 28, 2021
This was fun, and Akissi is still lovable and annoying. The way she's always grabbing up random babies makes me laugh. I did get a little bored with so many of the comic revolving around the strict teacher. But not bad!
3.5
3.5
November 15, 2022
Dear Lord, is Akissi the cutest, spunkiest heroine in the history of graphic novels?! I think so!
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The illustrations in this book are beyond adorable and the stories are fun too - a great addition to the library
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The illustrations in this book are beyond adorable and the stories are fun too - a great addition to the library
August 21, 2023
I enjoyed reading this sweet, funny graphic novel about a little girl growing up on the Ivory Coast. Akissi is mischievous and I loved reading about her life in Africa. My kids liked it too and the colorful illustrations are some of my favorites.
March 12, 2025
rating: g
recommend: meh, not really. For American readers, I can see it as a cross-cultural read, learning about how people in other parts of the world might live.
I didn't love the art, the stories seemed banal.
recommend: meh, not really. For American readers, I can see it as a cross-cultural read, learning about how people in other parts of the world might live.
I didn't love the art, the stories seemed banal.
August 26, 2019
Not as wild or radical as the first book, but still fun to read.
July 7, 2020
Charming stories of Akissi and her friends and family, lively artwork. Recommended gr. 3-6.
July 18, 2020
I love it! Funny book in a very classic style but about regular children in Ivory Coast, Africa.
July 29, 2020
Just as funny as the first book!
December 11, 2020
I really liked the first book so i know im going to like this one☺
November 17, 2021
Very easy read, but shows diversity. I really liked the creativity in this book and the author's imagination.
November 23, 2021
Fun little stories of mischief!
December 12, 2024
Cute and quick
May 3, 2022
yes i did have to read this for class but why did i enjoy it so much
April 26, 2023
Fröhlich-frecher Wildfang macht Ferien. Lustige und turbulente Episoden im Leben einer Zweitklässlerin.
Inhalt:
Akissi lebt mit ihrer Familie in der Stadt Abidjan an der Elfenbeinküste.
Die Ferien verbringt der kleine Wirbelwind mit dem großen Bruder Fofana bei den Großeltern auf dem Land.
Langeweile garantiert? Von wegen!
Gleich auf der rasanten Busfahrt sehen sie ein fliegendes Schaf und bei den Großeltern angekommen, vertreiben sie sich die Zeit mit Geschichten am Lagerfeuer, pflücken Kokosnüsse und helfen bei der Ernte.
Akissi ist immer für eine Überraschung gut und so endet selbst das simple Haare Flechten im Chaos ...
Altersempfehlung:
etwa ab 7 Jahre
Mein Eindruck:
Das Lettering in Großbuchstaben gefällt und eignet sich bereits für geübte Erstleser.
Kurze Episoden, die in sich abgeschlossen sind, reihen sich aneinander und nehmen Lesende mit in die Welt der energiegeladen und sympathischen Akissi: Ferien bei den Großeltern, erster Schultag als Zweitklässlerin uvm.
Die lustigen und turbulenten Kurzgeschichten zeigen den Alltag der Kinder, sind herrlich normal und gleichzeitig erfrischend schräg.
Mathieu Sapin erweckt Akissi und ihre Welt in einem ganz eigenen Stil zum Leben: knallbunt und abwechslungsreich.
Den kleinen Wirbelwind schließt man sofort ins Herz. Akissi weiß, was sie will und lässt sich von niemandem einschüchtern.
Sie ist fröhlich-frech, aufgeweckt und neugierig, obendrein tierlieb und herzensgut.
Mit großem Selbstbewusstsein und einer erfrischend direkten Art geht sie durchs Leben und weiß sich und ihren Freunden zu helfen.
Der neue Lehrer ist ein richtiger Fiesling, der auch mal zum Stock greift und seinen Schützlingen den Hintern versohlt. Obendrein macht ein älterer Mitschüler den Kindern das Leben schwer.
Akissi - selbst klein und dünn wie eine Bohnenranke - aber setzt sich furchtlos für ihre Freunde ein.
"Freunde, Mut hat nichts mit der Größe oder dem Alter zu tun." (Akissi, vgl. S. 86)
Auf den letzten Seiten findet sich ein Bonuskapitel: ein Rezept und eine Anleitung zum Zöpfe Flechten und ein Spielplan.
Ein gelungener Reihenauftakt, der Neugier weckt auf die weiteren Abenteuer.
Fun Fact:
Wie auch ihre Protagonistin hat die Autorin Marguerite Abouet, geboren in Abidjan ihre Kindheit an der Elfenbeinküste verbracht. Das ein oder andere autobiographische Erlebnis steckt vielleicht in den Akissi-Abenteuern.
Fazit:
Auch im zweiten Band geht's turbulent und lustig zu.
Alltägliche Abenteuer in exotischer Kulisse mit kleinen und großen Überraschungen.
Ein unterhaltsames Lesevergnügen dank einer sympathischen Protagonistin, die genau weiß, was sie will.
...
Rezensiertes Buch: "Akissi - Vorsicht, fliegende Schafe!" aus dem Jahr 2019
Inhalt:
Akissi lebt mit ihrer Familie in der Stadt Abidjan an der Elfenbeinküste.
Die Ferien verbringt der kleine Wirbelwind mit dem großen Bruder Fofana bei den Großeltern auf dem Land.
Langeweile garantiert? Von wegen!
Gleich auf der rasanten Busfahrt sehen sie ein fliegendes Schaf und bei den Großeltern angekommen, vertreiben sie sich die Zeit mit Geschichten am Lagerfeuer, pflücken Kokosnüsse und helfen bei der Ernte.
Akissi ist immer für eine Überraschung gut und so endet selbst das simple Haare Flechten im Chaos ...
Altersempfehlung:
etwa ab 7 Jahre
Mein Eindruck:
Das Lettering in Großbuchstaben gefällt und eignet sich bereits für geübte Erstleser.
Kurze Episoden, die in sich abgeschlossen sind, reihen sich aneinander und nehmen Lesende mit in die Welt der energiegeladen und sympathischen Akissi: Ferien bei den Großeltern, erster Schultag als Zweitklässlerin uvm.
Die lustigen und turbulenten Kurzgeschichten zeigen den Alltag der Kinder, sind herrlich normal und gleichzeitig erfrischend schräg.
Mathieu Sapin erweckt Akissi und ihre Welt in einem ganz eigenen Stil zum Leben: knallbunt und abwechslungsreich.
Den kleinen Wirbelwind schließt man sofort ins Herz. Akissi weiß, was sie will und lässt sich von niemandem einschüchtern.
Sie ist fröhlich-frech, aufgeweckt und neugierig, obendrein tierlieb und herzensgut.
Mit großem Selbstbewusstsein und einer erfrischend direkten Art geht sie durchs Leben und weiß sich und ihren Freunden zu helfen.
Der neue Lehrer ist ein richtiger Fiesling, der auch mal zum Stock greift und seinen Schützlingen den Hintern versohlt. Obendrein macht ein älterer Mitschüler den Kindern das Leben schwer.
Akissi - selbst klein und dünn wie eine Bohnenranke - aber setzt sich furchtlos für ihre Freunde ein.
"Freunde, Mut hat nichts mit der Größe oder dem Alter zu tun." (Akissi, vgl. S. 86)
Auf den letzten Seiten findet sich ein Bonuskapitel: ein Rezept und eine Anleitung zum Zöpfe Flechten und ein Spielplan.
Ein gelungener Reihenauftakt, der Neugier weckt auf die weiteren Abenteuer.
Fun Fact:
Wie auch ihre Protagonistin hat die Autorin Marguerite Abouet, geboren in Abidjan ihre Kindheit an der Elfenbeinküste verbracht. Das ein oder andere autobiographische Erlebnis steckt vielleicht in den Akissi-Abenteuern.
Fazit:
Auch im zweiten Band geht's turbulent und lustig zu.
Alltägliche Abenteuer in exotischer Kulisse mit kleinen und großen Überraschungen.
Ein unterhaltsames Lesevergnügen dank einer sympathischen Protagonistin, die genau weiß, was sie will.
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Rezensiertes Buch: "Akissi - Vorsicht, fliegende Schafe!" aus dem Jahr 2019
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